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On Bioethics and the Defense of Human Life

  • Seeing These Calamities to Their End

    January 21st was National Sanctity of Human Life Day. On this day, 34 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion for any reason. Our guest blogger this week is Murray Vasser, President of Cedarville Students for Life.
    In 1783 the slave trade dominated the world’s economy and was deeply entrenched in a morally oblivious society. [...]

    January 23rd, 2007

  • The Year in Review

    As we enter the new year, a look back at 2006 may give us perspective. Unfortunately, this has not been a particularly good year for the notion that human beings have inherent value. In fact, human personhood as a concept took a downward turn, replaced by a disturbing ‘end justifies the means’ mentality. A few [...]

    January 2nd, 2007

  • Reality Check for Plan B

    It’s about time, claims bioethicist Arthur Caplan. In a recent commentary on MSNBC, Dr. Caplan, Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, lauds the recent decision to make emergency contraception (also known as Plan B or the “morning-after pill”) available without a prescription. After all, he goes on, preventing pregnancy is [...]

    October 1st, 2006

  • A ‘Genetic Outlaw’ Speaks Out

    A law professor in Minneapolis has recently become an “outlaw” in the eyes of some. Her crime? She chose not to have an abortion when she received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Elizabeth Schiltz had her baby anyway, and writes about her experience in Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics (2006, Spinifex Press). [...]

    September 24th, 2006

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